Kani Xulam

American Kurdish Information Network

Kani Xulam, founder of the American Kurdish Information Network speaks to students about the plight of the Kurdish people in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Kani is a native of Kurdistan. He has studied international relations at the University of Toronto and holds a BA in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was recently awarded an MA by the International Service Program at American University. At the University of Toronto, he represented Kurdistan at the Model United Nations. In 1993, at the urging of Kurdish community leaders in America, he left his family business in California to establish the American Kurdish Information Network in the nation’s capital.